Business Stories from October 4, 2019 (Change date)
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BP CEO Dudley, who managed wake of Gulf oil spill, to retireOct 04, 2019 4:32 am - LONDON (AP) - Oil company BP says 49-year-old Bernard Looney will take over as CEO as Bob Dudley, who oversaw the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, retires...
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The Latest: Irish PM thinks EU would consider Brexit delayOct 04, 2019 9:01 am - LONDON (AP) - The Latest on Brexit (all times local): 2:25 p.m. Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar says he thinks European Union members would contemplate delaying Brexit...
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Crusading tech mogul aims to prove CEOs can be activists tooOct 07, 2019 12:32 pm - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Salesforce founder Marc Benioff oversees a $130 billion software empire from a 62-story skyscraper that towers above everything else in San Francisc...
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Global markets mixed as investors eye US jobs dataOct 07, 2019 12:32 pm - BEIJING (AP) - World shares were mixed Friday as investors turn their attention to the monthly U.S. jobs report after a series of gloomy economic news dampened investors...
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PayPal drops out of Libra, Facebook's payments projectOct 04, 2019 5:01 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - PayPal has pulled out of Facebook's digital currency project, known as Libra, a blow to the social media company that has faced stronger-than-expected sc...
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US gives limited approval to Hawaiian-Japan Airlines ventureOct 07, 2019 12:32 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration rejected a bid by Hawaiian Airlines and Japan Airlines for antitrust immunity to let them expand a partnership. The Transporta...
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Europeans keep out hope for talks with US over tariffsOct 04, 2019 1:59 pm - BERLIN (AP) - European officials said Friday they hope to engage the U.S. in talks on the new tariffs it has imposed on the EU, but are ready to respond with taxes on Am...
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US trade deficit widened in August to $54.9 billionOct 07, 2019 12:32 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. trade deficit widened in August for the first time in three months as exports increased but imports increased more. The politically sensitive ...
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Samsung ends smartphone phone production in ChinaOct 04, 2019 3:31 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Samsung Electronics said Friday it has ended the production of smartphones in its last factory in China. Production at the factory in southern ...
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Facebook CEO defends being a billionaire in live Q&AOct 07, 2019 12:32 pm - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the fifth richest person in the world, both questioned and defended the existence of billionaires like himself during a live-streamed compa...